61st Annual Conference

Session 315
The Crisis of Hatred

Chair:              

Ken Eisold, Ph.D., Fellow and Former Director, William Alanson White

Institute, New York, New York

Panelists:           

Yvonne Agazarian, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA, Founder, Systems-Centered

Training and Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Susan Gantt, Ph.D., CGP Director, Systems-Centered Training and

Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

David Kipper, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Professor, School of Psychology,

Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

Louis Ormont, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Clinical Professor, School of

Advances Psychotherapy, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

All group systems enter a phase in which they retaliate against the leader

as if he or she is the cause of all the pain and frustration in group life.  This

paranoid reaction is the single most destructive dynamic in small groups,

large groups, organizations and nations. This "crisis of hatred" will be

demonstrated by a small group, and discussed from the perspective of

Modern Analytic, Systems-Centered, and the “Experiential Cognitive

(psychodrama)” approach.

Course References:

1. Agazarian, Y. (1997). Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups. New York: Guildford Press.

2. Kipper, D. (2001). Surplus Reality and the Experiential Reintegration Model in psychodrama. The International Journal of Action Methods: Psychodrama, Skill Training and Role Playing, 53, 137-152.

3. Ormont, L. (1992). The Group Therapy Experience: From Theory to Practice. New York: St. Martin's.